Beyond Words
by Diane O'Key
Genre: Contemporary Romance
The last thing Abby Mathieson wants is what she most needs: a take-care-of-the-business-end partner. Emotional and financial demons spur her dreams of self-reliance and her vow to continue her aunt's legacy of Beyond Words, a Blue Ridge Mountains book-and-gift shop.
Trey Dalton, sexy CPA with a heart of gold and backbone of steel, wants nothing more than to return to his home in sunny Florida. But he made a death-bed promise to help Abby succeed... whatever it takes.
Conflict and sexual tension intensify as they wrangle over the shop and deal with Abby's quirky best friend and the incorrigible resident parrot. Abby's sworn to trust no man, but Trey has her tangled up worse than knotted fishing line. If she can't overcome her insecurities before he unravels her finances and leaves town forever, her precious independence will cost her a love Beyond Words.
Trey Dalton, sexy CPA with a heart of gold and backbone of steel, wants nothing more than to return to his home in sunny Florida. But he made a death-bed promise to help Abby succeed... whatever it takes.
Conflict and sexual tension intensify as they wrangle over the shop and deal with Abby's quirky best friend and the incorrigible resident parrot. Abby's sworn to trust no man, but Trey has her tangled up worse than knotted fishing line. If she can't overcome her insecurities before he unravels her finances and leaves town forever, her precious independence will cost her a love Beyond Words.
Sweet Romance,
This review is from: Beyond Words (Kindle Edition)
This was such a sweet book.
"For the record, that was not an angry kiss. It was a throw-my-hands-up-in-frustration kiss." That line basically tells you the tone of this book. Abby and Trey dance around each other. Both are stubborn and won't admit that they might have feelings for each other. Trying to work together to save their beloved aunt's book store, fireworks explode, heat sizzles and you won't regret picking up this sweet romance. This really is a clean romantic story. It's not weighed down by sex, you really get an idea of these two characters and see their relationship build. You need to read this.
"For the record, that was not an angry kiss. It was a throw-my-hands-up-in-frustration kiss." That line basically tells you the tone of this book. Abby and Trey dance around each other. Both are stubborn and won't admit that they might have feelings for each other. Trying to work together to save their beloved aunt's book store, fireworks explode, heat sizzles and you won't regret picking up this sweet romance. This really is a clean romantic story. It's not weighed down by sex, you really get an idea of these two characters and see their relationship build. You need to read this.
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Diane O’Key can’t ever remember not reading—or writing, for that matter. By the end of eighth grade, she’d written numerous poems and short stories and won an award for having read over 500 books grades 1 through 8. Her lifelong love of storytelling, classical literature, and history—inspired by incredible and demanding teachers—propelled her into a 22-year secondary language arts teaching career, in which her students and colleagues immeasurably enriched her life...though one of her great points of pride—and greatest fears—is that they remember her as OCD about grammar, spelling, and syntax....
Raised on the Jersey Shore, she discovered a deep love of theater (for which she won several awards) and gymnastics in high school. Aided by scholarships and loans, she worked her way through Georgian Court University, and upon graduation with honors and 42 English literature credits, taught high school in Pt. Pleasant and Pt. Pleasant Beach.
Then, she and her high-school sweetheart, now husband, moved to Southwest Florida, where she continued to teach. Married for 40 years, she and her better-half, a retired firefighter, have one grown son, a talented airbrush artist, and divide their time between we-love-winters-in Florida (though they’re there—at least for now—most of the year) and their beloved South Carolina Upstate lake home as often as they can get away.
Her interests include making custom jewelry and bookmarks, snow skiing, baking, and anything to do with the water. A member of SW Florida Romance Writers and RWA for eighteen years, she has two wonderful, multi-published authors as critique partners: the self-dubbed Three Musketeers. Diane writes medieval historical romance, contemporary romance, and romantic suspense.
Writing as she does “in the mist,” without absolute direction or outlines, is both a challenge and a joy. She delights in those moments when the characters pop full-blown into her head, carrying on a conversation. As that pop is rarely the first chapter, however, the struggle begins to write from that point-first backward, then forward. Keeps her awake at night...and life interesting.
Thanks so much for the lovely review! Really glad you enjoyed it :-)
ReplyDeleteThis novel sounds lovely. There's something a lot to be said about romance novels that focus more on the romance.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cecy, for your kind comments and for taking the time to stop by :-) I love concentrating on the relationship, the building sizzle before the climax--pun intended LOL
ReplyDeleteDiane O'Key writes intelligent and rewarding romance novels with wit and heart. One can't go wrong with this book.
ReplyDeleteThanks a bunch, Patty, for stopping by and leaving such a lovely comment :-) Truly appreciate it!
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